According to the pair, both Winfrey and execs at the Oprah Winfrey Network loved the idea.

Court documents obtained by TMZ state Wynn and her partner were asked by OWN to contribute more ideas, but eventually stopped hearing from the company. According to their lawsuit, it was a few years later that the pair were shocked to see the network’s original series “Greenleaf”, featuring characters and storylines that were identical to the ones they had pitched.